Screamify™ has released the first title in its new Micro Horrors™ format, Autonomous, and it traps you somewhere you cannot run from: the backseat of a driverless car that has its own plans.
READ MOREThe Toronto After Dark Film Festival (TADFF) has officially unveiled its lineup for its 19th edition of exciting new horror, sci-fi and action films for Toronto audiences to enjoy.
This year’s festival will 14 feature premieres, as well as 33 genre short films from Canada and around the world. Here, I am listing my personal picks of international films screening as part of this year’s lineup.
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In the grip of an increasingly illusory world, playwright Carolyn Fe hurls us headlong into AY CAESAR.
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It is the night before TIFF and not all is quiet…
My schedule is almost set. My spreadsheet has been colour-coded. The films have been added, removed, reconsidered, and added again. If you’ve been around TIFF long enough, you know that the festival doesn’t really begin when the first film screens. It starts much earlier, with the planning, the anticipation, the group chats, the “Have you seen this one?” messages.
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American Doctor offers a committed look at the intersection of medical ethics and state-sponsored violence. The documentary follows three physicians from the USA; Dr. Mark Perlmutter, Dr. Thaer Ahmad, and Dr. Feroze Sidhwa as they navigate the dual frontlines of providing emergency care in Gaza and advocating for their patients in the United States. Directed by Poh Si Teng, the film serves as a record of genocide and a testament to the need to bear witness as part of a global community.
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The Future of Film Showcase (FOFS) marks its 13th year with another full program of works from emerging Canadian Filmmakers.
FOFS focuses on works from filmmakers at a crucial stage in their emergence as artists and storytellers, as well as elevating work by women, BIPOC, 2SLGBTQIA+, and other emerging creatives from traditionally marginalized communities.
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The Fantasia International Film Festival celebrates its upcoming 30th edition with an electrifying program of screenings, workshops, and events.
Each year’s edition is focused on showcasing the most exciting examples of contemporary international genre cinema from every corner of the globe and hosts over 100 filmmakers each summer.
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Canadian Stage celebrates 43 years of High Park performances with a production of one of Shakespeare’s most loved romantic comedies, Twelfth Night.
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Guild Festival Theatre brings to life in a new production of Brontë: The World Without, fascinating story of the Brontë sisters’ pioneering literary careers in the 1800s.
Told over five days in the span of three years, the play explores what it meant to be an ambitious woman in the 19th century, and how similar it looks to the struggles women still face today.
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The Toronto Fringe Festival is Ontario’s largest performance festival with an eclectic mix of topics and themes.
This year, Toronto Fringe will host performances at traditional theatre spaces and pop-up venues spread out between Keele Street, Davenport Avenue, Pape Avenue, and Lake Ontario, with dramatic theatre, clown, dance, storytelling, sketch comedy, musicals, improv, puppets, and stand up, plus six KidsFest shows, and thirteen days of free community programming at the Festival Hub at Soulpepper.
Continuing my support of the festival by sharing Part 2 of My Picks of shows you can enjoy this year.
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